SRM Valliammai Engineering College Brings Together Over 50 School Teachers From Three Districts for an Enrichment Program
~ Offering an introduction into new age, digital tools, the one day workshop focused on enabling teachers to provide a technology-based learning environment ~
Chennai, 20th April, 2022: In an effort to enable teachers with cutting edge softwares, the Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from SRM Valliammai Engineering College (SRMVEC) recently organized an impactful Teachers Enrichment Program. The one day workshop focused on educating teachers about tools and resources for creating technology-based learning environments. As part of the workshop a detailed walkthrough of key tools such as Hot Potatoes, Plickers, RSA animation, Open board and Geogebra were demonstrated to school teachers. The workshop witnessed participation from 50 teachers from across three districts – Chennai, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu.
Commenting on the occasion, Dr.S.Visalakshi, Professor & Head and convenor of the programme said, “We are extremely delighted to host this workshop and the responses from the teachers were heart-warming. In today’s fast paced world, where students pick up current trends in technology, it has become a necessity where the teachers are in the same line too, in terms of technological aspects. To make learning more interesting with technology we introduced some digital tools to teachers which helps them to engage with the students in unique forms”.
The workshop was coordinated by Dr. R. Umamaheswari and Ms. M. Ramjan Begum, Assistant Professor of the EIE Department in SRMVEC. The session started with a welcome address by the head of the department. The wo rkshop also offered a platform for School teachers to interact with all the faculty members of the depar tment. Technical fun based activities like connexion, quiz master were conducted during the workshop.
About SRM Valliammai Engineering College: SRM Valliammai Engineering College (An Autonomous Institution) was established on September 1999 and presently conducts 11 undergraduate, and 8 postgraduate courses. The institute is a part of the SRM Group of Educational Institutions, sponsored by the Valliammai Society. The colle ge boasts a highly qualified, dynamic and dedicated renowned faculty hailing from both academic and industrial backgrounds. The Institution is certified with ISO 9001:2015 from TUV Rheinland, and currently holds a UGC granted autonomous status from 2019.The college administration is ably helmed by Dr. Ravi Pachamuthu as the Chairman, whose vision for the Institution is to develop and transform our society through quality Education. Leading the strategic growth and change in the organization Dr. Ravi Pachamuthu has been actively associated in setting-up of several educational Institutions under the SRM Group banner – Valliammai Society and SRM Institute of Science and Technology. This prestigious college offers a total of 11 UG and 8 PG programs in two fields namely Engineering and Technology and Management. Affiliated to Anna University, SRM VEC’s most popular departments are Civil, CSE, ECE, EEE, EIE, MECH and IT. VEC has also received ‘AA’ rating by IIT Madras for NPTEL Local Chapters across India. Facilities such as library, transport, medical and hostel, among others, are available to all students of the institute. The college is directed by a team of renowned academicians and top professionals.
